. >>> los esperamos esta noche buenas tardes >>> fin de la odisea para emilie ruiz que fue enviada aguatemala, ella está de regreso con su familia en nueva york. >>> tres mexicanos arrestados bajo sospecha de producir metanfetaminas en malasia, pueden ser condenados a pena de muerte. >>> el ex presidente jimmy carter se reunió con las damas de blanco y doce presos políticos. >>> este es su noticiero univisión con jorge ramos y maría elena salinas (♪ ♪) >>> muy buenas noches, maría elena está viajando, emilie ya está en casa, la niña de 4 años que fue deportada, bueno, pues emilie es estadounidense, tan estadounidense como el presidente de este país, y ayer en la noche volvió al país. >>> este es el conmovedor abrazo de emilie y sus padres, después de su reencuentro, debido a una confusa situación, en la que la pequeña se vio en un lío migratorio. >>> le dio miedo, después se salió, y reencontró a sus papás, y corrió los abrazó. >>> emilie viajó de guatemala, acompañada por el abogado de la familia ruiz, tuvo que tomar 3 aviones y siempre viajó en primera clase. >>> fue un encuentro m

. >>> cambiando de tema, con seguridad la pequeña emilie ruiz ,no sabe qué pasa en torno a ella, a losu familia, defensores de derechos humanos y hasta el congreso, tenemos las imágenes . >>> es como ver nacer a emilie nuevamente solo ese sentimiento lo vivieron sus padres cuando con abrazos y besos daban final a una pesadilla que comenzó el 8 de marzo, cuando la pequeña quería volver a su país, los estados unidos, con este reencuentro se abrió también el debate de qué pasó con la pequeña. >>> el abogado dijo que las autoridades dieron un giro de 180 grados, cuando volvieron a nueva york. >>> ellos nos trataron como miembros de la familia real, pero lo que pasó el 8 de marzo, y la declaración de la portavoz de cvp es falso. >>> lo que se había dicho es que el padre de emilie había autorizado el regreso a guatemala, y que por su condición de indocumentado le daba miedo ir al aeropuerto. >t>>tenía dos opciones, o la dejaba en un centro de menores, o de vuelta a guatemala. >>> el caso golpeó las puertas en washington. >>> estamos muy contentos que emilie está con sus padres, pero tenemos

. >> coming up, emily lambert, senior writer for "forbes" magazine, examines the history and purpose of the board of trade, mercantile exchange and other futures markets. she speaks at after-words bookstore in chicago. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> so i, um, i am much more comfortable interviewing people than i am speaking, so i, i'm sure that will come across very quickly, but thank you very much for coming. thank you so much to beverly for having this event and for hosting it. it, this just happens to be my favorite bookstore. i have bought many a book here, i love coming here and, of course, it turns out that beverly has a connection to this industry because many chicago who doesn't? -- in chicago who doesn't? and i started talking to her, and she said, oh, yes, my uncle grew up with leo mohamed, and i went out to breakfast the other morning with a member of the board of trade who said he used to work for beverly's father. and i thought, of course, because, again, it's chicago, and everybody seems to have a connection to the business. i just thought i would say a few things

let's cross over to emily wang to check on thelatest. emily? >> reporter: ross, well, the morning sex ended-the morning session just ended 20 minutes ago. they are responding to an intervention by g-7 members. with that the nikkei recovered to the 9,000 level this morning on expectations that the agreement could stop a further appreciation in the yen. the nikkei is now just closed the morning session at 9120. it is up 1.7%. and that's the equivalent of 158 points. topix closed 821, up 11 points and that's 1.3%. over in the foreign exchange market, dollar yen is currently trading at the mid 81 yen level. before the mark opened the yen was changing hands at the low 79 level and then rose two yen within the first half hour of trading. keep in mind, the yen had just hit the historic high of 76.25 on thursday morning. so, for now, we are seeing the affects of intervention with the yen back up above 81. now, the g-7 agreement has so far brought the yen's level close to what it was before the earthquake struck last friday. as for trading today, there

emily, thank you so much. we are so glad to have your energy, your smarts to lead us to this tough topic this morning. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, susan. well, as the only - at least self identifying water system manager from the east coast, i had originally planned briefly present some highlights of our climate change experience in new york city but after listening yesterday i thought i could spare you anguish and tell you a brief new york story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours in our backyard. the time spent yesterday, at least for me, was very well spent and leads up to the business of today. yesterday we ta

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome emily browning. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: emily, welcome: well, welcome to new york. how are you liking new york? >> i love new york, actually. it's kind of my favorite place in the world at the moment. i'm thinking of possibly moving here when i've finished the press stuff for "sucker punch." >> jimmy: yeah, you are? cool. what neighborhood or no? >> no, i don't know. i'm sort of open to suggestions. >> jimmy: well, i can introduce you to some real estate people. >> i could use that. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i have no idea where to go. i saw you in a picture in l.a., you were at a laker game. [ scattered cheers ] do you like the lakers? >> wow, that's a real -- >> jimmy: yeah, he looks like he's having no fun. >> not into it at all. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: not good. not good. pretty decent seats, though. >> i know, it was ridiculous. i had like laker girls' asses in my face. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, i know. [ laughter ] you don't want that, no, no. but you're into basketball? do you like basketball? are you a sporting person? >> i'm

>> our emily schmidt, reporting this morning from washington. thanks, emily. >>> and we're hearing from the pilots, now, who rescued that f-15 crew that had to bail out over the libyan desert. the marine pilots told their story for the first time to our martha raddatz, onboard their ship. >> they talked about exactly what happened as soon as they got into that area. >> we saw his flare on the ground. and we got eyes on his position. and an airplane way up overhead, at about 25,000 feet, was able to shine a laser down. >> as soon as we set up for our approach to land, he just started bolting to the airport. so, i think he said he as in as iloud by the time we landed. >> he also said the successful rescue was probably the coolest thing he's done since joining the marines. >>> now, to the grim news from japan, two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami hit. the number of confirmed dead has passed 10,000. officials suspect that the reactor core at one of the troubled fukushima power plants may have been breached. >> that raises the possibility that

>>>e s como ver nacer a emilie nuevamente >>> solo ese sentimiento lo vivieron sus padres, cuando conver a su país, estados unidos, después de una vacaciones en guatemala. >>> con esto se abrió el debate, de lloviznas lo que pasó con la menor. >>> ellos, nos trataron como la realeza, pero lo que pasó el 8 de marzo, y la declaración de la portavoz de cvp es completamente falso. >>> lo que había dicho la oficina de aduanas era que el padre de emilie había autorizado la vuelta deemilie a guatemala. >>> pero él dijo que le daba miedo ir por su hija al aeropuerto, porque es indocumentado. >>> tenía dos opciones, o la dejaba en un centro de menores en virgini o de vuelta a guatemala. >>> algunos congresistas piden una reforma migratoria. >>> estamos contentos que emilie esté con sus padres, pero tenemos un problema con las familias en estados unidos, las familias se están separando. >>> enseguida en noticias univisión 14, los residentes de lcondd de stanislau, corren el riesgo que sus casas se inunden -eodo de santa condado de "stanislaus" se visto afectada por la creciente del rio "san joa

mientras emily tenÍa dos opciones segÚn el padre. >> o la dejaba en un centro de niÑos en virginia o. cree que se violaron todos los derechos de esta menor y llamÓ a que se aclaren los hechos. >> le dije al departamento de seguridad interna que debÍa abrirse una investigaciÓn sobre la decisiÓn y del por quÉ una niÑa de cuatro aÑos, ciudadana de estados unidos fue reportada. y el gobierno de guatemala indignado por la situaciÓn hace lo propio. >> nuestra embajada en washington se mantiene en comunicaciÓn constante con autoridades de inmigraciÓn y estÁn conversando sobre el caso y solicitando una investigaciÓn. >> los padres de la menor son indocumentados pero aÚn asÍ argumentan que nunca se les dio la opciÓn de recoger a la menor. en un comunicado la agencia de aduanas y protecciÓn fronteriza asegurÓ que nuestra agencia siempre busca reunir a niÑos y todos los estadounidenses con sus familias y los padres escogen no tener la custodia de los hijos nosotros trabajamos con otras agencias para garantizar la seguridad de los menores. en la actualidad 5 millones de niÑos estadounidenses tie

. >> mire qué historia en el aeropuerto de new york tuvo lugar un encuentro muy esperado emily la niñano las cuenta aquí a continuación. >>>la madrugada fue testigo de este encuentro entre la niña y sus padres. que esperaban a un sois en el aeropuerto kennedy en new york. >> Único lo que pude ver eran lágrimas de alegría. >> cómo reaccionó la niña?. >> ella primero le dio miedo pero después como que se recordó y corrió a ellos. >> y el once de marzo emily de 4 años regresaba de guatemala junto a su abuelo cuando durante una escala ambos fueron devueltos al país centroamericano por infracción que el abuelo tenía pendiente con inmigración. >> la familia dice que la única opción que le dieron fue enviarla a un centro o regresarla al guatemala, versión que es negado por inmigración. >> decidí tomar su caso, porque este era un caso de injusticia grave. >> pasaron horas antes de resarlos y estaban en un cuarto que no es apropiado para niños. y entonces obviamente estaba frío, había hambre y la niña no durmió en cama sino bajo una banca como dice. >> tiene temor la familia de emily de que com

good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and peggy, good morning to you. for two weeks now, protesters have been taking control of cit, after city, trying to oust moammar gadhafi. but it turns out his view of what's happening is about as different as it can get. despite anti-government protesters closing in around moammar gadhafi's capital city, the libyan leader insisted to abc's christiane amanpour, that there are no protesters in his country at all. >> they love me. all my people love me. they love me all. >> but if they do love you -- >> they will die to protect me, my people. >> reporter: amanpour is the only american reporter to sit down with gadhafi. he says he has not ordered his own people killed. though the u.n. estimates hundreds, if not thousands, have died. >> the international community is concerned about stockpiles of mustard gas or other kinds of chemical weapons. would you ever use those? >> translator: is it reasonable that any sense of a man would use such a weapon against even his own enemy? let alone, his own people. >> reporter: the u

we have our emily group over here. your girl, chantel, did not get the final rose.e's no way he could send home emily. >> reporter: and the other two have forgiven him, as well. >> it's his second time on the show. i want to see something fantastic come out of it. >> in the end, "the bachelor" led me to meet my fiance now. >> reporter: brad and emily are now engaged. but they're facing some challenges. brad is ready to get married. >> i'd marry you right now. i'd marry her right now. >> reporter: but emily has some reservations. >> you are not ready to get married right now? >> right now, in this instant? i love you. but, no. >> reporter: emily is a single mom. and she's had her share of heartbreaks. her fiance died in a plane crash. later, she learned she was pregnant with his baby. >> what makes you feel like you're about to be hurt? >> i've been in love. and i lost it. i don't want to go through that again. >> reporter: emily has already backed out of one set of wedding plans. >> we have some things we need to figure out. we need to figure out how we fight. how w

emily, if you would like to come up and say a few words. commissioner murphy: nice to get to know you, emily. >> good morning, commissioners. i am quite honored to have this assignment. i am excited to take on some of their projects and to actually oversee their personal issues come and get the department moving in a positive direction, and be as much help as i can. commissioner murphy: we appreciate it. welcome. >> in your package under item threed, we have included our requisition tracking list. we gave this to the commission is for the first time. this shows the date we put the requisition and, where it is going through the department, and eventually, if the commissioners would like, we could do a flow chart on how the requisition process works in the city. it is quite involved, like the contract administration. as you can see, we have been unable to fill several positions, due to the fact that there are no current lists that exist. a lot of the employees we are bringing back are coming back in temporary positions or limited duration pos

emili became vegan after volunteering here.his is where she often buys vegetables for her meals. >> hey, how are you? >> i'm good. how are you. ? i'd like some scapes. >> reporter: by the way -- scapes are the stalks of garlic plants. while kinder to the earth, being vegan and even vegetarian is risky, especially when you're a teen. anne fletcher is a dietician and the author of weight loss confidential." she says anyone considering changing their diet, should make an important step first. >> the best thing for them to do is to go see a registered dietitian to make sure that they're getting a well balanced diet. they're getting adequate protein. >> reporter: both emili and lucie take vitamin supplements to replace iron, b-12, calcium and other important nutrients that come from meat and dairy. >> your body needs every vitamin so that's definitely something i have to watch out for is remembering to take that. >> reporter: very true. if you're interested in becoming vegetarian or vegan, as i just reported, you should definitely s

emily schmidt joins us with the latest. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning to you. u.s. war planes led most of the assault on libya over the weekend, including 90 tons of bombs dropped by b-2 bombers that were flown in from missouri. but the pentagon says it expects to hand over control of the operation to allies in a matter of days. libya's moammar gadhafi says he is prepared for a long war. two nights of attacks from american and european forces show what he is up against. more than 120 tomahawk missiles launched over the weekend. plus, fighter jets and b-2 bombers. they took out tanks of gadhafi supporters. struck aircraft hangars. an ally strike even hit gadhafi's compound, yards from his tent. the u.s. insists gadhafi is not a target. libya's military spokesman called for a cease-fire. >> i question anything out of -- that gadhafi calls for. he called for a cease-fire and then told his troops to move into benghazi. >> reporter: the u.s. says the no-fly zone is now in place. though, the pentagon says future american involvement will be limited. >> we will be a member

emily schmidt has details from washington. hi, emily. >> reporter: peggy and rob, good morning to you. the calendar says march, but it might as well be memorial day when it comes to gas prices. they are going up higher and faster than anytime in history. and now, some are asking the president, what are you going to do about it. with gas prices skyrocketing, americans are reaching their limits earlier. >> see, just $16. i cannot afford to fill up the tank. >> reporter: the nationwide average is $3.51 a gallon. a new lundberg survey says that's up 33 cents in two week. the second biggest price increase on record means spending more. >> up until this point, $50 about every two weeks. and now, it's gone up to $60 every two weeks, now, we're up to almost $75. >> reporter: the prices spiked along with the middle east uprising. so far there are no shortages, just worries. the white house says it's considering of tapping into the 727 million barrels of u.s. strategic oil reserves. >> it's something done on rare occasions. >> the strat

. >> our business reporter emily wang is joining us in the studio. emily, 10 million. that's a lot of toyotas, and that's in one year they want to sell that amount. how are they going to do this? >> to summarize they are focusing on two key strategies. the first is reaching in to emerging markets, and the second is developing its lineup of eco friendly cars. the company says it will launch ten more hybrid vehicles over the next four years, while developing other echo friendly models. as for emerging markets, toyota aims to increase the sales competition situation from the 40 -- composition from the 30 to 40%. they plan toin crease production and develop new models exclusively for emerging countries and among them toyota has stressed the importance of china. >>> translator: as for china and other emerging markets, we expect them to be growth centers. we expect china to lead that growth and to account for about 15% of toyota's worldwide sales. >> emerging markets, of course, have been the darling in late in the auto industry. as you say, they are going to start building

emily schmidt, live from washington, this morning. thank you. >>> we're following a developing story in pakistan. a car bomb has gone off in the third-largest city. killing at least 20 people and injuring 100. it's the hometown to the christian minister in the pakistani government who was gunned down last week. today's deadly bombing underscores fears about al qaeda and the taliban. >>> and in libya, opposition forces have been suffering from attacks by moammar gadhafi's air force. the rebels say they don't need help on the ground. but they are continuing to call for a no-fly zone to be established. that's a move beginning at the u.n. but it does face some significant hurdles. in his latest interview, gadhafi accuses foreign media to distorting facts about the violence. >>> military trials at the guantanamo bay prison camp will resume as president obama has reversed an earlier decision. he vowed to close the prison, until he ran into strong opposition in congress. >>> a handful of republicans have converged in iowa. it was the first t

department of environment director emily nutter. interim police chief jeff godown. thank you for being here today. [applause] now on with the program. when phil told me he invited the speaker of the california state assembly to swear him in, i looked at him and said, are you kidding me? the governor is introducing his budget that we, sessions that week, there is no way he is driving down to san francisco for you on wednesday night. but it sure enough, here i am. i am not sure that bill asked me to introduce him, more so as payback for being the naysayer. we are so happy to have you here.

emily schmidt has the latest. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning to you. president obama says he is looking at all options to support the rebels. but when members of the international diplomatic community met in london and had a chance to talk about it, one member said the talk of arming rebels didn't come up. with nato set to take command of military operation, president obama says moammar gadhafi is feeling the pressure. >> the circle around gadhafi understands that the noose is tightening. their days are probably numbered. >> reporter: diplomats from more than three dozen countries met in london yesterday, to discuss libya in a potential post-gadhafi era. >> we must help people plan for their future after the conflict is over. >> reporter: but forces loyal to gadhafi are pushing back rebels from ground they just gained. diplomats say they did not discuss arming the rebels. though, the idea is up for debate. >> there could be a legitimate transfer of arms if i country would choose to do that. >> we are there to protect people. not to arm people. >> repor

. >>> right now, we're going to go to emily schmidt in washington. emily? >> reporter: today, more problems at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, meant the last line of defense there grew even thinner. >> the worst-case scenarios are starting to unfold. >> reporter: there was a second fire at the fourth unit. a few hours later, smoke rose from the number three reactor. for an hour, the final 50 workers who were kept to prevent a nuclear meltdown, were sent away. >> the radiation levels are getting so high that the workers can't stay there. >> reporter: the chief cabinet secretary said radiation levels continue to fluctuate. >> translator: on the whole, it imposes no health hazard. >> reporter: but 140,000 people are evacuated from near the nuclear plant. in tokyo, 150 miles away, people are wearing radiation badges and buying everything in sight. though, one expert says the natural disaster was probably worse. >> i think it's very likely that the tsunami that hit japan will kill considerably more people than the nuclear reactor accident will. >> rep

emily schmidt has the details from washington. emily? >> reporter: mike and peggy, good morning to you. president obama says there's a danger of a stalemate in libya that could turn bloody. so, for the first time, he is officially saying how the u.s. weighs in. there are reports of new libyan government air strikes on rebel forces trying to get reinforcements on the ground. now, the rebels are getting verbal reinforcements from washington. for the first time, president obama has publicly called on libya's leader to step down. >> the violence must stop. moammar gadhafi has lost legitimacy to lead. and he must leave. >> reporter: mr. obama has approved the use of u.s. military aircraft and civilian flights to help refugees. and he left open the idea of establishing a no-fly zone over libya, which senator john mccain has called for. >> what are the chances that in his desperation, that gadhafi just starts to kill people? we all admit that he's insane. so, wouldn't we want to prevent that from happening? >> reporter: defense secretary robert

>> all right, emily. live from washington this morning. thank you. >>> in libya, the fighting between rebels and forces loyal to mommar gadhafi is escalating. gadhafi is making good on his threat to quote, until the last man or woman. thousands filled the square in the heart of tripoli last night, waving the libyan flag. gadhafi threatened to turn his country into another vietnam, if the u.s. intervened. >>> and there's been a legal setback in efforts to free a cia contractor held in pakistan. a court ruled today that ray davis is not protected by diplomatic immunity in the shooting deaths of two pakistani. a higher court could reverse that decision. davis says that he acted in self-defense. the case has damaged u.s. relations with pakistan, a key ally in the war on terror. >>> more charges are being piled on the u.s. army private accused of providing sensitive information to wikileaks. it could mean bradley manning spends the rest of his life in prison. among the charges now being levied against manning is aiding the enemy. that could hav

>> emily schmidt, on a rough next few days. thanks, emily. >>> but the weather is expected to cooperate this morning for a historymaking shuttle landing. it will be about 74 degrees and partly-cloudy when "discovery" touches down in florida for the final time, just before noon. if all goes as planned, "discovery" will have spent 365 days in space over its 27-year career. >> unbelievable. >>> well, overseas, now, to libya, where moammar gadhafi has made a surprise tv appearance around 5:00 a.m. local time. he again claimed that rebels fighting against him are agents of america. pro-gadhafi forces claim to have the upper hand. president obama's security team meets today at the white house, to find ways to pressure gadhafi out. >>> in pakistan, the taliban is believed to be a responsible for a suicide bomb blast this morning that killed at least 36. the victims were attending a funeral for the wife of an anti-taliban militiaman when the blast struck. another blast yesterday killed 20. >>> parts of japan were shaken by a powerful e

unidos y deportada a guatemala, tiene un fin esta noche, tenemos el informe >>> esta es la pequeña emiliemala a estados unidos, después de haber sido deportada el pasado 11 de marzo a ese país, a pesar de ser ciudadana de estados unidos. >>>uando ella salió del país, pues, fue maltratada, como persona menos de segunda clase, pero ella va a regresar en primera clase. >>> la familia ruiz en long island busca privacidad, para el reencuentro, pero se planea una conferencia de prensa para hablar de este caso. >>> la posición del gobierno de guatemala, es de preocupación ante una situación como esta que involucra a guatemaltecos, y en el caso de la niña a una estadounidense, pero con padres dee guatemala. >>> el drama comenzó el 11 de marzo, cuando emilie regresaba a estados unidos con su abuelo, que quedó arrestado, por una falta de pasado. >>> me la daban en un centro de niños en virginia o la mandaban a guatemala. >>> le dije al departamento de seguridad interna que debia abrirse una investigación, sobre por q una niña de 4 años ciudadana de estados unidos, fue deportada. >>> los padres espe

emily blunt. max irons, music from aaron lewis.out now. playing us off the air with "winter sun" once again, esperanza spalding! goodnight, everybody! [applause] ♪ once autumn's glow has gone away and gray cotton clouds blanket drowsy days ♪ ♪ you're the winter sun winter sun yes you are my winter sun ♪ ♪ once fallen leaves have lost their crunch and turn to confetti brown and orange ♪ ♪ i know soon you'll come tame the whip of the wind ♪ ♪ ah and bathe the naked branches with warmth and light ah ♪ ♪ ah when tired bones tremble from the cold one kiss of your warmth ♪

emily, you were talking about the helicopters went through a radioactive plume. how dangerous was that for the crew? >> reporter: we were told there were 17 crew members onboard who were exposed. they were flying some 16 miles offshore, when some extremely sensitive detectors went off. officials say the amount of exposure was small. crew members just needed to wash with soap and water. what this does show, is the complexity of the situation. the radiation in the air. and all of the aftershocks on the ground. more than 150 recorded since friday. >> emily schmidt, thanks for that report. >>> and the crippled nuclear reactors in japan that emily mentioned are now raising questions about the readiness of nuclear facilities here. the same types of reactors are common in the u.s. in fact, there are 23 of them, nearly one-quarter, of the nuclear reactors across the country. an industry official was confident, though, about their safety, in an interview with our own david kerley. >> we think we're pretty well-equipped. we have guidelines in place. emergency operating pro

. >>> en este cuarto de new york, fue donde la pequeña emily y sus padres se fundieron en un desgarrador, y todo el mundo contento. >>> tardó 5 meses alejada de ellos viajó a un tratamiento médico a guatemala, su regreso fue un drama. ya que a pesar de haber nacido en estados unidos. hace 3 semanas fue deportada cuando intentaba entrar al país. ya que su abuelo tenía problemas migratorios. >>> si no le parte el alma a la gente de seguir separando familias. nadie nos va a partir el alma a nosotros. >>> la agente de protección de aduanas y fronteriza se le dijo al padre de la menor que podía recoger a su hija pero el abogado desmiente la situación. >>> es falso, el padre nunca tuvo la oportunidad de recoger a su niña. >>> los padres de emily siguen con el fantasma de ser indocumentados, su abogado cree que por ahora inmigración no los pero deberá. >>> y ahora que emily regresó al país el abogado de la familia ruiz no descarta que en el futuro se tomen acciones legales en contra de la agencia de aduanas y protección fronteriza. en la ciudad de new york, univisión. >>> a una dramática audien

>> emily, any idea this morning about when the u.s. will begin to pull back a little bit, in terms of how involved it is in this operation? >> reporter: all we know at this point is they're saying a matter of days, not weeks. that's the official answer. we do have a few more details that came from general ham in that briefing yesterday. he said half of sunday's 60 air sorties were led by u.s. flights. yesterday, more sorties, 70 or 80 in all. more than half of those flights were from non-u.s. aircraft. there are signs of the complications of the international effort, whether nato is going to actually take charge. yesterday, we saw norway pull back some fighter aircraft. also, italy indicated that it may pull back on its offer to offer air bases countries that are enforcing this no-fly zone enforcement. here in washington, some members of both political parties are criticizing the obama administration, saying they want more details about the u.s. plans for this mission in libya. rob and peggy? >> very interesting. all right. emily schmi

. >> emily schmidt joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning, rob and peggy. libyan rebels have lost key ground this week but they may have gained secret help from the u.s. libyan rebels are outnumbered and outzbgunned by moammar gadhafi's force. and now more rebel forces may come from outside. >> broader question of assistance to the opposition is one that we're looking at very closely. >> reporter: sources tell abc news, president obama has signed a secret presidential finding authorizing covert operations to stop rebels. the president could make a decision to do so in the future. that would put more focus on those fighting gadhafi. >> you can who are those guys, you're going to think about whether or not you really want to arm them. because our history of arming groups we don't know hasn't been a terribly good one. >> we don't know as much as we would like to know and as much as we expect we will know. >> reporter: there are reports the cia already sent in small groups of operatives to libya and international envoys are beginning to meet with rebels. >> we

emily wang, nhk world. >> all right. here's the latest market figures. >>> hi, welcome to your world of weather. in east yaz ya we are seeing settled skies. for china and the korean peninsula as well we have a high pressure area in place. however, along the edges of it, showers are look to develop later on today an also looking like scattered showers will show up across the indochina peninsula and the philippines as well. for japan, we have been talking about a lot of snowy weather for the western flank of the country. that's set to continue again today. more snow for those of you here. we are talking about a month of up to 20 to 50 centimeters, especially in upper elevations at high risk for additional snow. so you want to watch out if you are going to be in the area. highs today will come up to 8 degrees in tokyo , 6 for seoul. in the teens for beijing and only 9 in shanghai. on the cool side. taipei is up to 18 degrees. for north america, seeing a lot of snow coming in from the west. really starting to spread across t

thank you emily morasa, for the great contribution of the city of san francisco. i am going to be honoring today supervisor's campos' honoree who i'm very excited to honor as well. it's an honor to call up marlene hanson. here you are. [applause] you're my honoree as well. ar lean, i've known for about 11 years. i first met you on the run-off election and from there on i really admired you tremendously and see you as a wonderful principle person. it's an honor to honor you here today. she's served san francisco in numerous ways as a feminist activists, the intersection of race, class, and gender are are alwaysed a -- always at her work nationally and internationally. she served for six years on the san francisco ethics commission focusing on campaign finance reform, building transparency and integrity in government and setting the bar high on governmental ethics not just in san francisco but nationwide. arlene helped create this people's budget and an budget for numerous organizations in san francisco. many of these organizations still exist today. the people's bu

do is see some west coast and east coast for too emily, california, or gone , colorado, each of us pledge a hundred thousand dollars to this public outreach to educate people about how climate change leafy fekt one of our most precious resources, drinking water. and how it will effect waist water. real life things to educate people. i think all other major agencies - the larger agencies should pledge a hundred thousand dollars. i know everybody likes to think of themselves as the big kids but smaller agencies can pledge 50 thousand. then what would be great, lester , is for the state,dwr, is match the collection of the different agencies. [applause] we are willing to volunteer. we are willing to volunteer our staff of the san francisco, puc, is willing to be the group that convenes the different communications heads. all of you have public relations people or head of external affairs, and we'd be willing to pull together that committee of different communication heads of different agencys to see about getting and energy gaming public outreach. any of us going to do heavy lifting with plan

abc's emily schmidt joins us with more. good morning. >> reporter: peggy and rob good morning to you. this is now day ten of the no-fly zone over libya. president obama plans to address the nation tonight about libya. he's expected to say the u.s. acted quickly to void catastrophe. libyan rebels say the actions a. rebels advance more than 350 miles over the weekend on a march towards tripoli that includes moammar gadhafi's hometown. >> never again. >> reporter: rebels tried this path before but were pushed back, now, they have the backing of nato which announced yesterday it's taking over coalition military operations. >> nato in commence or aspect of the u.n. resolution, nothing more. nothing less. >> reporter: nature those increased role means u.s. will hand over control. defense secretary robert gates says military missions are are to a very long extent are completed. >> i think we have prevented the large-scale slaughter that was beginning to to take place, has taken place in some cases. >> reporter: critics say it's mi

emily schmidt, in washington this morning. thank you. >>> let's turn, now, to abc's akiko fujita in osaka. if workers can restore electricity, that could help the cooling process. and we want to know, are they closer to doing that? >> reporter: they have been working around the clock. japanese officials hopes of easing the crisis earlier today, thursday, when they said they may be close to bringing power back to the plant. and restore the reactors' cooling system. electric power would supply the pump. and that would make it easier for workers to control the high temperatures that may have led to the partial meltdown. we've been monitoring all of the developments here. out in osaka, we've seen, they've completed the aerial water drops. we saw helicopters earlier spraying the reactors with sea water from the air, to cool them down. now, we're hearing crews on the ground are beginning to spray the same reactors. we'll see if those efforts help to bring these things under control. >> akiko, what about the people inside that bubble

but we do begin our coverage with emily schmidt. >> reporter: in parts of japan, hit by an earthquake, flattened by a tsunami, a third risk now looms. fear of nuclear meltdown. this evacuee says, that's the most frightening thing. that nobody tells the citizens of what's really happening. but signs of what's happening at the fukushima daiichi plant are not good. there's been three explosions. radioactive material could be leaking from the base of the reactor. japan's prime minister said today the leaked radiation level is, quote, rather high. other officials added -- >> translator: now, we are talking about levels that can impact human health. i would like you to embrace this information calmly. keep yourself inside the house or workplaces. and watch out for the situation. >> reporter: japanese television echoed the warnings affecting 140,000 people in a 12-mile radius of the reactor. 70,000 have already evacuated. nearby test sites are checking people to see if they've been exposed to radiation. this woman says, i worry very much about the radiation. i don't know what to do. even in

emily wilcox. if there is anybody else, please line up. >> my name is emily wilcox, and i am a resident of berkeley, formerly of san francisco. i use my battery powered segway as it and assistive mobility device, as a pedestrian. it provides functionality, similar to my battery-powered wheelchair. i am not affiliated with any tour provider or segued dealer. i am here today to support the tour company's request. it is reasonable. it is a way for persons with disabilities who are able to safely use a segway as and assistive mobility device, to try the device. and number three, it is time to stop the exaggerated and hostile environment created -- and some seem to brag about it -- developed before even segways were available to the public. i got mine in 2004. i had to go through an unpleasant process of getting modification to policy for san francisco's segway restrictions. i could have ridden into this hearing because i am allowed to use it as i would use my wheelchair. i would suggest to members of t

here's emily wang with the latest. >> reporter: ross, the nikkei index broke below the key 9,000 mark again this morning as current yen levels are keeping the pressure on markets already hit hard by the latest developments. the morning session, trading session just ended 50 minutes ago. the nikkei average closed the morning session at 8903. it is down over 2%. top ix is trading lower at 802. down 1.8%. shares are down in most sectors with major electronics manufacturers, as well as automakers trading lower once again. keep in mind, many japanese companies have assumed a dollar yen rate of around 80 level. so it could cut in to an export of profits. given that exports are a key driver of the economic recovery in japan, the yen's current levels could hurt not only the exporters but also japan's economic recovery. overall as investors become more nervous they are more risk averse and we could see volatile moves in markets around the world. . on that note, back to you in the studio. ross? >> that was emily wang at the tokyo stock exchange. >>> the g-7 nations will hold an emergency meetin

emily schmidt has the latest. >> it is a double hit.ter rains after winter snow forcing people out as the water moves in. there are flood watchings or warnings in half of the nation's states. in wayne, new jersey, 3 inches of rain caused some of the worse flooding in 60 years. it transformed riverside drive into the only thoroughfare. this gave enough power to wash away the ground and collapse the road above it. firefighters had to use boats to rescue stranded residents from the riding water. while another threat of storms stretched from oklahoma to louisiana. in north texas that meant baseball-size the hail northeast of dallas. sparing injuries but creating plenty of damage to clean up today. and in the northeast there are fears the worst is yet to come. a new round of rain is set to fall later today just after the river crested from the last storm. >> the space shuttle "discovery" is about to wrap up its flying career when it lands in florida in about four hours. the shuttle and its crew of six astronauts are on their way back to eart